Most Popular Unreliable Narrator Books

Riddley Walker

Russell Hoban

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic

1980

Soldier Series #3

Soldier of Sidon

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award · Historical Fiction

October 2006

Soldier Series

Latro in the Mist

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Collection · Historical Fiction

2003

Soldier Series #2

Soldier of Arete

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

1989

A Haunting in the Arctic

C. J. Cooke

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Mermaid · Psychological Horror

February 27, 2024

Soldier Series #1

Soldier of the Mist

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Locus Award · Historical Fiction

1986

This Census-Taker

China Miéville

Fantasy · New Weird · Hugo Award · Novella

January 1, 2016

Pincher Martin

William Golding

War & Military · Historical Fiction

1956

Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke

Mystery · Thriller

April 7, 2026

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1895

The Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon and Sun

Cyrano de Bergerac

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1687

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Rudolph Erich Raspe

Fantasy

1785

Centroeuropa

Vicente Luis Mora

Magical Realism · Translation

March 10, 2026

Blood Red Meta

Michael Aronovitz

Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk

October 26, 2025

Warhammer 40,000

Cypher

John French

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Warhammer

March 12, 2024

The Scientific Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Hugo Gernsback

Science Fiction

2006